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Friday, August 8, 2008

08/08/08 Greenwich Time News Links For Friday


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Greenwich's Teen Drug Problem Visits Board Of Education Members Household

Now Maybe The Greenwich Board Of Education Will Pull It's Head Out Of The Sand And Wake Up To The Town's Teenage Drug Problem

QUOTE:

"It's embarrassing," Michael Bodson, a Republican in his first full term on the Board of Education said. "He's my son and I'm proud of him, but he made a bad mistake."


THE STORY:


Four nabbed in drug bust


Four young people, including the son of a Board of Education member, were arrested Sunday night in a drug bust on a private road near the Merritt Parkway.

While investigating a report around 11:15 p.m. of a light on in an unoccupied home on Stallion Trail off North Street, police questioned four individuals in parked cars.

Tyler Herrmann, 19, of 14 Walnut St., Cos Cob; Frank Chiodi, 19, of 41 Meyer Place, Riverside; Daniel Bodson, 19, of 19 Holly Way, Greenwich; and Ashley Sabia, 21, of 9 Fado Lane, Stamford, were all charged with possession of marijuana, according to a police report.

Herrmann was also charged with intent to sell marijuana, driving under the influence of alcohol and possession of liquor by a minor, the report said.

Chiodi was charged additionally with intent to sell marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, the report said.

Bodson faces additional charges of intent to sell marijuana and possession of liquor by a minor. He is the son of Michael Bodson, a Republican in his first full term on the Board of Education.

"It's embarrassing," Michael Bodson said. "He's my son and I'm proud of him, but he made a bad mistake."

Bodson said he hopes the community will give his son a second chance.

Bodson's son was a passenger in a Toyota Camry, driven by Herrmann, in which drugs and alcohol were found, Allen said.

During a search of the trunk, police discovered a plastic bag with 10 smaller baggies containing about 20 grams of marijuana....

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Comment:

Greenwich Time reporter Mr. Vigdor has delivered yet another incomplete article.

  • Was a field sobriety test given to these "Back Country" boys from privileged families?
  • If a test was given what were the results.
  • This information is routinely provided for out of towners and poorer members of Greenwich society.
  • When this information is selectively reported or given out it makes the Greenwich Police Department look corrupt and the Greenwich Time look inept.

The Bodson Family Was Very Lucky, This Time

Please see:

Grave Indifference Contributed to Death of John J. Bria

Please read the other Greenwich Time news stories:

Getting ready for back-to-school

It was a telltale sign that the lazy days of summer are almost over and the workaday routines of the school year are just about to begin.

Lunden camps out to help relieve women's stress

Despite leaving the limelight more than 10 years ago, life for Joan Lunden, 57, is still as busy as ever.

Standing on stage in a a monk's robe, Blues Brothers hat and glasses, Max Schroeger, 24, added a new comical element to a play about nuns.

Lawrence Feldman, 76, of 306 West Lyon Farm Drive, was charged late Monday night with driving under the influence of alcohol, according to a police report.

Feldman struck an unoccupied vehicle with his car on Hamilton Avenue around 11:50 p.m., according to the report, which said he was involved in an earlier accident on Interstate 95 southbound but told police he could not recall the incident because he had taken a sleeping pill.

At the scene of the second accident, Feldman smelled of alcohol and failed a field sobriety test, the report said.

He was released on $250 cash bond and scheduled to appear Aug. 18 in state Superior Court in Stamford.

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A New York City man was arrested Monday afternoon for trying to sell pirated DVDs and CDs at Volkswagen of Greenwich at 200 West Putnam Ave.

Jian Xu, 40, of 178 Avenue D, was charged with peddling without a permit and failure to have a tax stamp or tax identification number, according to a police report.

When police officers approached Xu, he dropped a black bag on the ground that contained 143 pirated DVDs and 32 pirated CDs. They arrested him at 11:23 a.m.

He was held in lieu of $250 cash bond and scheduled to appear Aug. 11 in state Superior Court in Stamford.

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Two men were arrested last Friday afternoon for fighting at Greenwich Point Park.

Kyle Casuto, 26, of 115 Bowman Drive, Greenwich, and Bruce Nicholas, 19, of 15 Highview Ave., Old Greenwich, were both charged with third-degree assault and breach of peace, according to a police report.

It was unclear what started the fight, which took place around 7 p.m.

Both men were released after promising to appear today in state Superior Court in Stamford.

WESTFIELD, Mass. - There was plenty of thunder and some lightning Thursday, and only some of it originated from the dark clouds surrounding the baseball diamond at Bullens Field.

Say it isn't so. There's been a steady flow of reports out of the nation's Capitol that members of Congress are quietly talking behind the scenes about raising federal fuel taxes by 10 cents a gallon.

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